The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office bomb squad is mobilizing and responding to a report of a suspicious device on F Street near Henderson Center in Eureka. Eureka Police Chief Andrew Mills confirmed the bomb squad was being called in to investigate the suspicious device but few details are currently available about what was found, where […]
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UPDATE: Man Killed in Alderpoint Stabbing Identified
UPDATE: The sheriff’s office identified the man killed in an Alderpoint stabbing this week as Eugene Arnold Minikel, 37, of Redway. “This investigation is ongoing and no arrests have been made at this time,” the brief news release states. A woman, whose name has not been released, told officials that she stabbed Minikel because he […]
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Wiyot Teenager Killed While Eeling
The Wiyot Tribe is reporting via social media that Alex Lopez, 15, an enrolled member of the tribe, died Saturday afternoon while eeling at the mouth of the Eel River. Lopez was experienced in the traditional Wiyot practice but waves pushed a log onto him in a freak accident. According to a report from KIEM […]
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Updated: Victim in Fatal Crash Near Westhaven ID’d
The California Highway Patrol reports that intoxication was a factor in last night’s traffic death of 25-year old Glen A. Roe Jr. The Orick man was in the passenger seat of a 2010 Chevrolet Silverado traveling northbound on U.S. Highway 101 just past Westhaven when the driver, Victor Herrera, of McKinleyville, “failed to negotiate” a […]
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Sunday Crash on 101 Leaves 1 Dead, 1 Injured
An Oregon man was killed and his passenger suffered major injuries when the car they were in veered out of control before hitting the guardrail south of Tompkins Hill Road just after noon Sunday in a crash the CHP described as DUI related. According to witnesses, the driver — 45-year-old Johnnie David Evenson of Roseburg, […]
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Fatal Hit and Run in Downtown Eureka
Shirley Hoyt, 56, was crossing U.S. 101 at Fourth and S streets at 11:14 a.m. when she was struck by a Toyota pickup driven by Blue Lake resident Larry Nielsen, also 56. According to a press release from the California Highway Patrol, all other vehicles were stopped at the crosswalk to let Hoyt cross. Nielsen, […]
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Update: Bodies of Mother, Girls Recovered From Klamath River
Update: The CHP confirmed today that the bodies of Elizabeth Palmer and her two young girls have been recovered after their car crashed into the Klamath River over the weekend. Previously A diver working alongside the Orleans Volunteer Fire Department this morning found a car in the Klamath River that is believed to contain the […]
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Updated: Last Chance Grade Losing More Ground
Update: Motorists traveling along the Last Chance Grade on U.S. Highway 101 south of Crescent City should expect up to 20 minute delays – day or night – as Caltrans works to stabilize a section of roadway there that slipped out on Wednesday. Caltrans District 1 Facebook post: TRAFFIC ADVISORY / UPDATE: Motorists using U.S. […]
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Mother, Young Daughters Believed Dead After State Route 96 Crash
A 30-year-old woman and her two young daughters remain missing and are presumed dead after the car they were in plunged approximately 500 feet down an embankment off State Route 96 north of Orleans on Sunday into the Klamath River. Orleans resident Elizabeth Anne Palmer was driving her Toyota Yaris southbound at about 7:20 p.m. […]
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CHP Investigating Fatal Weekend Accidents
The California Highway Patrol is investigation two fatal accidents over the weekend, including the death of a man who was struck Saturday night on Redway Drive after apparently walking in front of a Peterbilt tank truck — the second Southern Humboldt pedestrian death in one week. On Sunday evening, the 83-year-old female driver of a […]
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Man Killed After Running into Traffic Near Garberville
A 32-year-old pedestrian was killed Saturday afternoon when he reportedly tried to run across U.S. Highway 101 near Garberville and was hit by a Subaru. Shortly after 1 p.m., Travis Rothwell, of Garberville, ran from the east across U.S. 101 and directly in front of a northbound 2001 Subaru Outback driven by a 20-year-old from […]
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Pedestrian Killed in Eureka Crash
An 80-year-old Eureka woman was killed yesterday morning when she was hit by a pickup truck while crossing F Street. According to the Eureka Police Department, Maria Bosnar was in the crosswalk on F Street and had the walk signal at about 9:55 a.m. when a pickup truck turning left onto F Street from Harris […]